Fri 12/16

Eng 11
1. Raisin test, vocab quiz #2
2. Raisin creative writing assignment, RD due 1/4
3. watch Raisin Act 3
4. HW: post titles of choice book on this blog

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up: definitions
2. rev 2.1, finish last part (Iago, Roderigo)
3. perform: 2.2, 2.3
4. HW: do NB questions and Othello comparision journal #2

Juniors post choice book titles here

Click on the "comments" below to leave a comment about the book you've chosen to read for our choice book assignment.

Thur 12/15

Eng 11
1. vocab warm up (Raisin #2)
2. review Raisin act 2
3. read Raisin act 3 aloud
4. HW: p 5 of Raisin study guide
5. Comprehension test tomorrow!

Pre IB English 10
1. explain Othello essay
2. review study guide questions for Othello 1.3
3. Ring the Changes
4. read 2.1 aloud
5. finish 2.1 for HW

Wed 12/14

Eng 11
1. collect OMAM FD
2. watch all of Act II
3. review study guide Act III

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar: colons
2. new Othello vocab
3. finish `Othello 1.3 aloud
4. do studyguide questions for 1.3
5. explain Othello essay
6. HW: Othello comparision Journal #1

Tue 12/13

Eng 11
1. vocab warm up: Raisin #2, definitions
2. finish reading Raisin 2.2
3. review 2.2
4. read all of Raisin 2.3
5. HW: complete p 3 and do all of p 4 of Raisin study guide

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab quiz (Othello #1)
2. review Othello 1.2
3. Othello 1.3 choral reading
4. read 1.3 aloud, finish tomorrow

Mon 12/12

Eng 11
1. geet choice book assignment, got to library
2. grammar: dashes
3. review Raisin 2.1
4. Begin reading Raisin 2.2

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up (Othello #1)
2. share autobios, turn in
3. acting circles for Othello 1.2
4. HW: 1.2 questions in NB

Fri 12/9

Eng 11
1. return OMAM RDs and discuss expectations
2. new Raisin vocab
3. review Raisin 1.2 details
4. begin reading 2.1 aloud
5. HW: finish reading 2.1

Pre IB Eng 10
1. reminder: vocab quiz next Tue
2. give autobio self assessment to be turned in with stories on Monday
3. review Othello 1.1 details
4. HW: do first reading of Othello 1.2

Thur 12/8

Eng 11
1. vocab quiz
2. read Raisin 1.2 aloud
3. do #6 on p 850 in your NB

Pre IB Eng 10
1. 15 minutes to prep improvs
2. share improvs
3. discuss implications of improvs (race, religion, war)
4. slightly cut script of Othello 1.1 X3
5. HW: read 1.1 and do 3 quesitions

Wed 12/7

Eng 11
1. vocab warm up (Raisin #1)
2. review Raisin studyguide pages 2,3
3. watch Act 1 scene 1

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up (Othello #1)
2. Othello line tossing
3. line tossing improv
4. improv again: the lover, the girlfriend, and the buddy

Tue 12/6

Eng 11
1. Raisin, page one of studyguide
2. finish reading Act 1.1
3. HW: p 2, 3 of studyguide

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Othello vocab warm up #1
2. JLC test
3. score NBs
4. return JLC, pick up Othello

Fri 12/2

Eng 11
1. OMAM RD peer review (turn in for pts)
2. Vocab retake
3. Journal: Rooms (1. How many people in your house. 2. How many rooms in your house. 3. Describe your rooms. 4. How many people and how many rooms in Raisin-- seem page 829)
4. begin reading Raisin act 1.1

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab quiz (JLC #2)
2. peer review of autobio stories
3. discuss last 3 JLC stories
4. give JLC test questions (be ready for test on Monday)

Thur 12/1

1. grammar #2
2. journal: $50,000 (What would you do with the money? What would a working poor family do with the money?) in NB
3. review "Raisin" poem
4. read p.1 of act 1 scene 1

1. vocab warm up (JLC #2)
2. grammar #1
3. read "Why I write" by Amy Tan
4. read JLC or write stories